KKR vs PBKS Highlights: Yesterday’s exciting KKR vs PBKS match was cancelled due to rain, for which both the teams had to share one point each in the points table.
PBKS had a great start by batting first. Their top order batsmen scored 56 runs in the powerplay itself and in half the time of the match, Punjab Kings put 90 runs on the scoreboard. Young batsman Priyansh Arya showed amazing performance with his bat and by the end of the 10th over of the match, he completed a brilliant half-century. These batsmen gave him 22 runs in Sunil Narine’s over and gave momentum to the score of the match. Later, Priyansh Arya, who played an explosive innings of 69 runs in 35 balls, was dismissed by Andre Russell.
Prabhsimran Singh’s Brilliant Innings Helped the Team to take the Lead in the Score
Prabhsimran Singh played an explosive innings of 83 runs in 49 balls and thrashed the KKR bowlers by hitting 6 brilliant sixes and 6 fours. But later he lost his wicket on the ball of Vaibhav Arora. But he had a partnership of 40 runs with captain Shreyas Iyer. Glenn Maxwell could not do well in the current season. He scored only seven runs in eight balls.
Shreyas Iyer played an innings of 25* runs in 16 balls and Josh Inglis played an innings of 11* runs in 6 balls. Both these batsmen remained unbeaten till the end. In yesterday’s match, KKR bowler Vaibhav Arora gave 34 runs by taking 2 wickets. Andre Russell and Varun Chakaravarthy both got 1 wicket each.
KKR started the run-chase with Rahmanullah Gurbaz scoring 1 run off 3 balls and Sunil Narine scoring 4 runs off 3 balls. Both batsmen remained unbeaten. However, due to the nor’westers during the match, the ground staff had to cover the entire Eden Gardens ground. As it started raining, there was no change in the playing conditions despite waiting for about 85 minutes. Then this exciting match had to be cancelled.
KKR vs PBKS Highlights: Due to rain, both teams had to share one point each
Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings were ranked eighth and fifth respectively. After the match was abandoned, both teams have moved up one place in the IPL 2025 points table with one point each. Punjab Kings are currently at the fourth spot with 11 points and Kolkata Knight Riders are at the seventh spot with 7 points.
